KIM BERLEY

the northern district of Western Australia in which gold fields were discovered in 1886. It has very valuable tracts of agricultural land. The chief port is Derby on the Fitzroy river. chief town, and diamond-mining center of Griqualand West, Cape of Good Hope Colony, 646 miles by rail N.E. of Cape Town. Diamonds were first discovered ¢ Du Toit’s Pan and Bultfontein, 1870, Biiowed in succe ion at Kim berley, De Beers, and We elton. The mines are all controlled by the De Beers Co., which, in order to avoid over-production, closed the De Beers, 1908, and the Kim berley, 1909. Astone weighing 442 carats, found in Du Toit’s Pan, 1917, is reported to be finest and most valuable stone ever found in Griqualand West. The annual output is about $25,000,000. Besieged by Boers, Qct. 15, 1899; relieved Feb. 16, 1900. Pop., 1921, 39,320. HOUSE, FIRST EARL OF (1826-1902), Brit. statesman; cr. earl, 1866; held varnets from 1852 to 1895. 25’ W.), also called The Mearns, E. maritime co., Scotland; area, c. 382 sq. miles; rises from coast to Grampian Mountains, which run E. and W. acro county; watered by North Esk, Bervie, Dee, and other streams; chief towns, Stone haven chory; no important manufactures; produces oats; cattle and sheep raised; fishing important. Pop., 1921, 41,779. 8’ E.), high mountain peak, Him a lay as,